We are very excited to be able to host Red Knight once again and looking forward to having a bigger event with lots of new faces!

This year will include:

-group fighting scenarios,

-individual fighting,

- competitive archery,

-a market,

-and a tavern.

FIGHTING - All fights must be marshalled by an event-assigned marshal, and we ask that participants be patient with marshals and err on the side of caution in all martial arts events.

We will have armoured and unarmoured sparring opportunities.

SAFETY GEAR - There are no historical gear requirements for unarmoured combatants. Modern fencing safety equipment is acceptable. We will do an equipment check before you will be allowed to enter the lists. If you do not have armour, but intend to fight, please register as a man at arms.

FIREWOOD AND WATER - Will be provided on site.

Since many of us are still at risk from COVID, we would ask that you stay home if you are sick. People who have to miss the event due to illness will receive a 50 percent return on fees.

Set up will begin on the morning of Thursday, October 17th and the event will end Monday the 21st at 12 PM. But there is no rush to get off site. If you need to tear down and leave on Sunday that is fine.

No cars will be permitted to drive in after Thursday Evening!!! S0 be prepared to walk your gear from the parking lot (which is nearby)

Schedule will be as follows:

Thursday - Set up

Friday morning 7 to 9 am Breakfast

Friday morning - 9 am - Muster and inspection. Everyone should be ready with their weapons, including bows, arrows, and safety equipment (primarily helmet and gauntlets and whatever gambeson you intend to wear. (Full harness is not required, we will do a harness inspection on Saturday morning before the tournament)

You can read about the archery safety regulations, including instructions for bows and arrows in combat scenarios, here

Friday morning - Archery tournament ( sharp arrows are used)

Friday Afternoon - Pay parade and market.

Saturday morning - Deed of arms. If you are only attending for the fighting, please make sure to bring your own water and snacks.

Saturday afternoon - Group combat scenarios. ( blunt arrows and limited draw weight bows)

Saturday evening - Tavern

We will have additional programming on Sunday, specific events TBD

Official pack out will be on Monday, though we understand that some may need to leave on Sunday.

FOOD will be organized by mess-group. Please indicate what mess group you are in when registering. If you need help with this say help in the form. Cost for the weekend will vary slightly from mess-group to mess-group and will be managed by individual mess groups.

IT WILL BE COLD - bring all the warm bedding you need to be comfortable sleeping inside a tent, Priority on warmth, don’t worry about historical authenticity.

TENTS - We expect most people to be sleeping in their own historical tent. We will have a designated space for modern tents a little ways from the medieval camp. If you have discussed borrowing Hoplologia tent space please make sure you speak with Aurora directly about this before the event, you can email me at hoplologia@gmail.com. we have limited space and it is first come first serve.

Event is open to Hoplologia members and members of our sister organizations.

COST - Adults $95

Youths under 19 - $60

Single day attendance - $35 ( this is for people who wish to day trip or just attend the fighting)

Sliding scale fee - $65.

If the regular site fee would be prohibitive for your attendance you may select the $65 option.

DOGS - dogs are required to be on leash while in camp, dogs may only be off leash outside the camping area. We appreciate your help in keeping the chaos in the camp to a dull roar.

MARKET - If you wish to vend at the market, please indicate as much on the form. Only historical items are allowed. Space will be limited, so vending space will be first come first serve. If you need a table, you will be expected to provide a historical one.

We will pay people in medieval coin during the market. Pay will be assigned only for attendance at this year’s Red Knight. To be paid, all members, including non-combatants, must be assigned to a lance. You may talk to any Knight in the company about joining their lance. Possible roles include – man at arms, archer, squire, page and cook. If you have no military role, you will be paid as a page unless you are a mess group leader.

PLEASE NOTE - pay parade is FOR FUN to simulate the use of medieval money, and does not reflect anyone’s actual value to the community.

Once you complete the registration form and pay, your email will be added a group contact list. We will use this to communicate, changes and other info about the event. you must WHITE LIST OUR EMAIL - HOPLOLOGIA@GMAIL.COM so the emails do not get routed to spam.

Unfortunately there is no way for us to send automatic confirmation emails for the registration form, but PayPal will give you one for your payment, so if you get an email notification from them you can be confident that you are registered.

All adults must register separately.

Payment is a separate action from filling in the form, so please make sure you do both. After you register you will be prompted to pay via the PayPal link.

Registration will close October 11th

T- Shirts - This years official T- shirt will be the Bathhouse T Shirt for the fundraiser. Please get your orders in by Thursday the 3rd. Order here.

If you have questions, feel free to email us at hoplologia@gmail.com

You can find combat rules here.

You can find equipment rules here.

En francais -

Équipements pour faits d'armes

Règles supplémentaire relatif au fait d’armes à combattant multiple.

We will kick off the reenacting season in style with an archery focused event located near Toronto.

On Saturday, we will begin with some practice archery in the morning, as well as some open fencing if people so desire.

In the afternoon we are planning to offer an obstacle course, with different stations, most likely in teams. One of the stations will include lighting a fire, and boiling a small amount of water in a medieval manner with flint and steel, so you may want to brush up on your fire lighting skills! The obstacle course will involve arrow shooting, and some live cutting as well as some axe throwing if possible. Participation is of course optional.

You may also be asked to share a song or poem or riddle with your May Queen, so see if you can learn something of the sort to entertain their majesty. This year we hope to select the Queen on Friday evening by general acclaim. Anyone can put themselves forward for the role, and they will be master of the revels for the weekend. The Queen can offer a speech about what an excellent queen they would be, discuss their clothing excellence or wow the crowd however they see fit! Saturday evening we will sacrifice John Barleycorn, to herald the coming spring.

Sunday morning we will aim to have some more sparring and range shooting before tear down begins.

NOTE - unfortunately crossbows are not allowed at the site.

If you are not already in a messgroup for eating, you will be assigned to one. This event is for people affiliated with Rangers of the North or Hoplologia.

All adults must register separately.

Cost for the event is 70 for adults and 55 for youths under 18

Food will be handled separately, at the event by your messgroup leader and will cost around 40 for the event give or take.

REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT ARE SEPARATE FORMS. PLEASE MAKE SURE TO DO BOTH.

Since we have had to move the event dates of the Red knight due to various scheduling issues, we are now hosting the Hunt of the Green knight, at the time when we would normally host our fall hunt in November. This is a more causal event, the focus will be on hiking, cooking and socializing, with some archery and single combat sparring. We will not emphasize armour, since potential snow and armour don’t mix, but if you’d like to bring partial armour such as a breastplate etc . go for it.

If we get enough people who are interested we may try a few smaller group combat scenarios ( if you are an archer, bring blunt arrows if you have them).

Weather may be bad, so be prepared for snow, or freezing rain, bring warm historical gear and long underwear should you need additional layers.

Food will be organized by mess-group. If you are not already in a unit based mess-group you will be assigned to one.

IT WILL BE COLD - for sleeping - bring all the warm bedding you need to be comfortable. Priority on warmth, don’t worry about historical authenticity. We will ask that participants wear HISTORICAL FOOTWEAR during the day. In the evening wear whatever you need to stay warm. Bring many socks and chemical hand and footwarmers if you are an especially cold appendages person.

No historical cooking experience is required. You will be expected to help with food prep, fire management, dish washing etc.

We expect most people to be sleeping in their own historical tent. Due to covid we will be less able to provide shared medieval tent space than usual. We will have a designated space for modern tents a little ways from the medieval camp. We will not be providing tents, Please take care of your own tent needs.

Event is open to Hoplologia members and members of our sister organizations only.

Cost for the event is $65 plus insurance for a total of $85.

Food cost for the weekend will vary slightly from mess-group to mess-group and will be managed by individual mess groups. The rate for youths is under 18 is 25 for the event and 20 for insurance.

Once you complete the form, and pay, you will be added to our event Facebook group. We may also contact you via email through our mailchimp account. Please make sure you open these emails. We will not give your email address to any third party organizations.

All adults must register separately. Payment is a separate action from filling in the form so please make sure you do both.

If you’re registering adults and kids SKIP THE PAYMENT section and contact Aurora for the full amount you need to send to hoplologia.

If you have questions, feel free to email us at hoplologia@gmail.com

Once you register we will send you the specific address.

After you register you will be prompted to email a picture of your vaccination record to hoplologia@gmail.com

You can find combat rules here.

You can find equipment rules here.

En francais -

Équipements pour faits d'armes

règles supplémentaire relatif au fait d’armes à combattant multiple.

Hosted by the Rangers of the North, Hoplologia and Kawartha Traditional Archery, this event will be an archery focused medieval encampment with full archery target range field, woodland archery course, medieval encampment, and a May Day celebratory bonfire!

We will carefully watch the covid numbers and follow appropriate provincial safety guidelines, up to and including cancelling the event if the covid rates are too high. If you are not already in a messgroup for eating, you will be assigned to one. This event is for people affiliated with Rangers of the North or Hoplologia. It is not open to the public.

All adults must register separately. We require all adults to be vaccinated to attend. Please send your proof of vaccination to Hoplologia@gmail.com. If you already sent it for the Red Knight in 2021 you need not send it again.

Cost for the event is $60 for adults. Free for youths 18 and younger. Youths will only be expected to pay for food costs.

Food will be handled separately, at the event by your messgroup leader and will cost around 40 for the event give or take.

REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT ARE SEPARATE FORMS. PLEASE MAKE SURE TO DO BOTH.

Click donate to sponsor a participant. You can note who you are sponsoring under “notes” when you pay.

INFORMATION FOR EVENT PARTICIPANTS

Due to covid 19 we cannot meet in person for our annual fundraising event, Deed of Alms. However, you can still participate! All you need is a camera, the internet, and a sword!

This year we will run 4 challenges over the month of June to fundraise for West Neighbourhood House. which supports the community in Toronto. Now, more then ever they need our help. West Neighbourhood house works with the elderly, kids, unhoused folks, people struggling with addiction, newcomers and have been doing an amazing job for many years.

We encourage you to ask your friends to sponsor you, (or you can sponsor yourself at the donate link above) but we know times are tight so you can participate either way. Just post the link and tell your friends a little about what you are doing, invite them to the Facebook page and post this donation link.

We will post example submissions at the beginning of each challenge week.

You can participate in all or some of the challenges. You can submit any time in the week leading up to the deadline, but late submissions will not be accepted.

Your submissions can be posted on our Deed of Alms Facebook group, where they will be looked over by a moderator and then posted publicly on the page.

First challenge, Due June 13th

Film yourself doing both halves of a play from a manual. If you have a partner you can work with, do the play with them. Make sure to add an image or description of the play you are doing.

Second Challenge, Due June 20th

Take a video of yourself doing some sort of sharps cutting. No need to get fancy, if you don’t have a sharp sword, you can cut with a kitchen knife. If you don’t have tatami, we recommend cutting vegetables like rutabega or cellery root, squash is also good. Have fun with it and be safe! You can also cut vegetables with a regular dull practice sword if you get the angle right. So you can experiment with that too.

Third challenge, Due June 27th

Take a video of yourself doing a form or asaulto. If you don’t have one already memorized, we recommend the IAS form. Your have three weeks to prepare this challenge so practice, practice practice!

Fourth challenge, Due July 4th

Take a video of yourself doing 10 thrusts to a 2 inch by 2 inch target. You can use a hanging nerf ball on a chain, or tape a target to a telephone pole or brick wall. Show us that precision targeting!

BONUS CHALLENGES Due July 4th.

Run a kilometer in your armour.

OR

Film yourself doing 15 minutes of continuouss, elegant pell-work.

Stay safe, and happy swording!

A relaxing and fun medieval event located close to Toronto, with cooking, fighting, archery and good times.

You will be contacted with site location after you register.

This event is open to Hoplologia members and affiliates only. Food will be based on 8 to 12 person messgroups. If you are not a member of a messgroup we will assign you to one.

Cost for the weekend will be $20 plus food cost.

Youths, 18 are free to attend and must only pay their food costs.

We are collecting insurance dues for the upcoming year, so if you have not paid insurance please select the appropriate option in the buy now button.

Everyone over the age of 14 must pay insurance.

Please register all adults separately.

Please register all adults separately in the above form, but you can do your payment as one transaction in the below payment button.

If you prefer to pay your fee in person at the event in cash, that’s fine.

The Deed of The Red Knight will take place again this year in Bethanie Quebec.  It will run from Thursday the 11th of October until Sunday the 14th.

Our event will include group fighting scenarios, a market, and an exciting new competative narrative scenario, which will include any and all who wish to participate (no fighting experience required, kids should be accompanied by an adult)

If you are an archer, you must bring a fencing mask to protect your head in tactical scenarios.  A modern mask is fine. 

Site fee will be $67, free for teens under 16 but teens will be charged for their mess. 

Your mess bill for food for the weekend will be paid seperately.

Please fill in the form and then click the Buy Now button. You will be directed to paypal where you can pay your site fee. Filling in the form will not autormatically direct you to pay your bill. 

You can also pre-order a t shirt by clicking here. 

Pay your site fee by clicking Buy Now.

PURCHASE TICKETS

Enjoy an evening of dancing, food and entertainment in support of West Neighbourhood House, Out of the Cold and Pia Bouman School for Ballet and Creative Movement. 

Explore your creative side with a costume in the theme of Black and White, or go fancy with black tie attire. 

This will be a licensed event, 19 + attendance. 

Entertainment will include:

Tasting menu by Sud Forno. Drinks by Plentea. Fashion show by the students of George Brown College. Live music, Historical swordsmanship demonstration and dancing, as well as a silent auction. 

There will also be a raffle to win prizes valued
at $1600

There will be prizes for best mask and
best costume.

Enjoy a 15% discount off regularly priced masks at Malabar when you mention this event. 

So put your dancing shoes on and join us for an evening of fun and splendour. 

PURCHASE TICKETS

A small local event, 1 hour outside of Toronto. This event will focus on archery, and training people in campfire cooking and camping. 

There will also be some armoured fighting for those who are interested.

 The site is small, so attendance will be limited to 30 participants.  

Please register each adult individually. 

Fee will be $22.5 per person, and an aditional fee for food, to be paid on site. ( around $30 per person) No site fee for teens under 16, no mess fee for children under 10. 

Location details will be provided after registration. 

Click buy now to pay your site fee. 

Just a placeholder.  There's a fine deed of arms and many other events.  A must for WMA practitioners and Armizare aficionados.  You must register and registration opens in March.

Event website is http://www.wmaw.us